Mobile healthcare answers to chronically ill outpatient non-adherence: patient participation and technology conundrum

Objectives: Non-adherence is a major barrier undermining all healing efforts within outpatient programs, resulting in waste of human and social resources. Innovative approaches that could be helpful in combating non-adherence would be based on the latest mobile healthcare technologies, integrated within a carefully planned approach. This study analyzes the factors generating chronically ill outpatient non-adherence and proposes concrete actions …